
Ochrophyta
Ochrophyta is a group of mostly photosynthetic heterokonts.
17 branches of this phylum, most-observed first

brown algae
classPhaeophyceae

Diatoms
classBacillariophyceae

Yellow-green algae
classXanthophyceae

Golden algae
classChrysophyceae

Eustigmatophyceae
classEustigmatophyceae

Silicoflagellates
classDictyochophyceae

Raphidophyceae
classRaphidophyceae

Pelagophyceae
classPelagophyceae

Phaeothamniophyceae
classPhaeothamniophyceae

Synchromophyceae
classSynchromophyceae
Chrysomeridophyceae
classChrysomeridophyceae

Bolidophytes
classBolidophyceae
Chrysoparadoxophyceae
classChrysoparadoxophyceae
Picophagophyceae
classPicophagophyceae
Schizocladiophyceae
classSchizocladiophyceae

Phaeosacciophyceae
classPhaeosacciophyceae

Pinguiophyceae
classPinguiophyceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48221.